From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 19:31:43 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3A07290; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:31:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c.mail.sonic.net (c.mail.sonic.net [64.142.111.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 918CCA4; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:31:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (polaris.tachypleus.net [75.101.50.44]) (authenticated bits=0) by c.mail.sonic.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s8KJVdol015873 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sat, 20 Sep 2014 12:31:41 -0700 Message-ID: <541DD61B.2030803@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 12:31:39 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block , "O. Hartmann" Subject: Re: x11/nvidia-driver (340.24/340.32/343.13): nvidia BLOB doesn't recognize any display socket on Lenovo E540/UEFI and FBSD CURRENT References: <20140919201210.72650231.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20140920161012.02844320.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sonic-CAuth: UmFuZG9tSVafPsaZu7+JunMmx9YKE+SLrcjthJVW2qqfP9lymgsxUWxlslBEIlWwGOwzzjrcImzTxV+mp0bgV/ggSdQM5G3+PnS9Nhi9oGE= X-Sonic-ID: C;iDBMvvxA5BGAZjZXoK8kYw== M;dh8ov/xA5BGAZjZXoK8kYw== X-Spam-Flag: No X-Sonic-Spam-Details: 0.0/5.0 by cerberusd Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, FreeBSD CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:31:43 -0000 On 09/20/14 07:27, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 20 Sep 2014, O. Hartmann wrote: > >> Am Sat, 20 Sep 2014 07:36:21 -0600 (MDT) >> Warren Block schrieb: >> >>> On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, O. Hartmann wrote: >>> >>>> nVidia's BLOB from port x11/nvidia-driver seems to have problems in >>>> FreeBSD >>>> 11.0-CURRENT #2 r271869: Fri Sep 19 13:28:03 CEST 2014 amd64, on >>>> Lenovo ThinkPad Edge >>>> E540 laptop with CPU i5-4200M (Haswell) with integrated HD4600 >>>> Intel iGPU and >>>> dedicated nVidia GT 740M (Optimus) working correctly. >>> >>> Optimus is supposed to be full Intel graphics plus an Nvidia GPU. The >>> extra GPU uses the same display memory and can be enabled to speed up >>> the Intel graphics or disabled for power saving. I don't know if >>> versions where the Nvidia section is a full discrete video adapter that >>> can be used alone are still called "Optimus". >>> >>> Some Optimus owners have reported being able to use the Intel drivers >>> after disabling the Nvidia GPU in the BIOS or UEFI. If an option to >>> disable the Nvidia GPU is not present, some people have reported >>> success >>> with an xorg.conf that uses only the intel driver and ignores the >>> Nvidia >>> hardware. >> >> Thanks Warren. >> >> But this sounds even more frustrating now. I look around the web even >> at Lenovo's support >> forum. Many people report the GT 740M nVidia adaptor as a discrete >> adaptor with Optimus >> technology and everything sounds to me like it can be selected >> exclusively. What you >> describes is that I definitely need to use the HD4600 iGPU on FreeBSD >> in the first place >> since the nVidia hardware is a kind of "appendix" to the HD4600. > > Optimus started out that way, but they might use the same name now for > models where the additional GPU is a full discrete adapter. > >> Anyway, I also tried to configure X11 as HD4600 only and X11 doesn't >> work properly: it >> doesn't even start up and loading the "intel" driver complains about >> a missing device - >> preceeded by a lot of /dev/dri errors. This indicates to me, in a >> naiv manner, that this >> HD4600 isn't recodnized by the kernel, either. I do not see any kind >> of vga0: entry in >> the kernel log when enabling "Integrated Graphics" only in the >> laptop's UEFI/Firmware. >> When enabling "nVidia Optimus", a recognized vga0: device shows up. > > Whoops, HD4600 is Haswell. The intel driver on FreeBSD does not > support Haswell video yet. > Is there any kind of status update on Haswell? The wiki has the last update 11 months ago and it's becoming a major useability issue for the operating system. -Nathan